Purge or Pennance?

http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/

What we're seeing right now is nothing less than a complete revolution within the Republican party. If this posting was correct, then an entire generation of American politics is ending its role right now. Ever since the removal of Tom DeLay, the cracks on the edifice of Republican power have gotten longer and deeper. I truly wonder what will be in 2008 if such a massive part of national leadership, politics and campaigning all vanishes.
Perhaps that is the very reason that all of this is occurring? Are the Republican ranks being forced into retirement (purged) in order to make the slate as clean as possible for the upcoming 2008 election? Either that, or the Republicans have finally decided to do the honorable thing, to exit peacefully from office, leaving in their wake a trail of scandal, corruption and damage to this nation that has re-shaped the direction of American and global politics for the coming decade.